
STATE OF KANSAS 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 




VOCATIONAL EDUCATION 



PLAN FOR THE COOPERATION OF THE KANSAS STATE 

BOARD OF EDUCATION WITH THE FEDERAL BOARD 

FOR VOCATIONAL EDUCATION 



1917-1918 



Approved by the Federal Board >for Vocational Education, 

December 14, 1917. Publication authorized by the 

State Board of Education 



STATE OF KANSAS 
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 



VOCATIONAL EDUCATION 



PLAN FOR THE COOPERATION OF THE KANSAS STATE BOARD 

OF EDUCATION WITH THE FEDERAL BOARD 

FOR VOCATIONAL EDUCATION 



1917-1918 



Approved by the Federal Board for Vocational Education, 

December 14, 1917. Publication authorized by the 

State Board of Education 



KANSAS STATE PRINTING PLANT. 

W. R. SMITH, State Prdsttee. 

Topeka. 1918. 

7-2063 



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STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION. 



W. D. Ross, Chairman, 
State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Topeka. 

Frank Strong, 
Chancellor of the University of Kansas, Lawrence. 

J. T. Willard, 
Acting President of the Kansas State Agricultural College, Manhattan. 

Thos. W. Butcher, 
President of the Kansas State Normal School, Emporia. 

Lilian Scott, 
Professor of Pedagogy, Baker University, Baldwin City. 

W. 0. Steen, 
Superintendent of City Schools, Beloit. 

H. W. Shideler, 
Girard. 



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L. D. Whittemore, Secretary, 
Topeka. 

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CONTENTS. 

PAGE 

Introduction 4 

Plan for the Operation of the Smith-Hughes Act in Kansas 5 

Legislation 5 

Administration 5 

Supervision of Agricultural Education 5 

Agricultural Education 6 

Industrial Education 11 

Home Economics Education 17 

Act of Congress '. 22 

Acts of Legislature of Kansas 29 

Funds Available 31 

(3) 



INTRODUCTION. 



The Smith-Hughes act represents a new departure in Amer- 
ican education, in that by its provisions the federal govern- 
ment undertakes to cooperate with the states to promote 
industrial education in our schools, and thus to add to our in- 
dustrial efficiency as a nation by providing a course of train- 
ing for our youth which will definitely prepare for agricultural 
and vocational pursuits. The measure became a law before 
the war came to America, and if its desirability was recog- 
nized then its absolute necessity has been demonstrated by the 
revelations which the war itself has brought. Not only tem- 
porarily but permanently must our agricultural production be 
increased and our mechanical ability improved. It is there- 
fore hoped and expected that in the application of the plan 
herein outlined its true vocational purpose will constantly be 
borne in mind in order that its true aim may be accomplished 
with the very best possible results. 

W. D. ROSS, 

State Superintendent of Public Instruction. 
(4) 



VOCATIONAL EDUCATION. 



Plan for the Cooperation of the Kansas State Board of 

Education with the Federal Board for 

Vocational Education. 

LEGISLATION. 

Section 1. The Legislature of the state of Kansas in the session of 
1917 accepted all of the provisions of the act of Congress "To provide 
for the promotion of vocational education," etc., approved February 23, 
1917, and made appropriations for the same for the fiscal years ending 
June 30, 1918, f and June 30, 1919, in amounts sufficient to duplicate the 
federal funds which may be allotted to Kansas. The state treasurer is 
designated as custodian of federal funds allotted to Kansas, and the 
Kansas State Board of Education is designated as the state board which 
shall cooperate with the Federal Board for Vocational Education in the 
administration of the provisions of' the Smith-Hughes act in Kansas. 
Copies of these acts are herewith submitted. Accordingly, the plan 
herein proposed includes provisions for cooperating with the Federal 
Board for Vocational Education in paying the salaries of teachers, 
supervisors, and directors of agricultural subjects, and teachers of trade, 
home economics, and industrial subjects, and in the preparation of 
teachers of agriculture, trade, industrial and home economics subjects. 

ADMINISTRATION. 

Sec. 2. The Kansas State Board of Education, which has been desig- 
nated by the Legislature as the state board to cooperate with the Federal 
Board for Vocational Education in the administration of the Smith- 
Hughes act in Kansas, is composed of the following: the state superin- 
tendent of public instruction, chairman ex officio; the chancellor of the 
University of Kansas; the president of the Kansas State Agricultural 
College; the president of the Kansas State Normal School; and three 
persons appointed by the governor, of whom one is appointed each year 
for a term of three years. 

SUPERVISION OF AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION. 

Sec. 3. The State Board of Education shall appoint a director of 
agricultural education at a salary of not less than $1,800 per annum, 
one-half of which shall be paid from the state appropriation and one- 
half by the federal board. The necessary traveling and incidental ex- 
penses shall be paid from the state appropriation. The term shall be 
from two to four years, as determined by the State Board of Education. 
The director of agricultural education shall be the agent of the state 

(5) 



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board in all matters relating to the teaching of agriculture under the 
provisions of the Smith-Hughes act. His duties shall be prescribed by 
the state board and shall include the following: He shall make investi- 
gations and surveys concerning agricultural education; prepare and 
recommend for the approval of the state board courses of study in agri- 
culture; inspect and approve or disapprove schools applying for the 
benefits of the Smith-Hughes act; approve for employment by local 
boards all teachers who are to be paid in part from state and federal 
funds; direct and inspect the work of such teachers when employed, in- 
cluding project work as far as practicable; secure reports from teachers 
of agriculture; prepare an annual report setting forth in detail the 
progress and condition of agricultural education in the state, and make 
such other reports as may be required by the State Board of Education 
or the Federal Board for Vocational Education; and he shall cooperate 
with all other agencies for the promotion of education for agriculture as 
a vocation. The qualifications of the director of agricultural education 
shall be essentially the same as the standard qualifications required for 
teachers of agriculture. (Section 9.) 

AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION. 

Sec. 4. The agricultural education herein provided for shall be under 
public supervision or control; its controlling purpose shall be to fit for 
useful employment; it shall be of less than college grade; and shall be 
provided for persons over fourteen years of age who have entered upon 
or are preparing to enter upon the work of the farm or of the farm 
home. For every dollar of federal funds allotted to the state of Kansas 
for agricultural education one dollar shall be expended for the same pur- 
pose by the state or the local community, or both. 

Sec. 5. The funds available through federal and state appropriations 
shall be used to pay the salary of a state director of agricultural educa- 
tion; to assist in paying the salaries of teachers of agriculture; to assist 
in paying the salaries of supervisors of agricultural education as herein- 
after provided ; and to provide for the training of teachers of agriculture. 

KINDS OF SCHOOLS. 

Sec. 6. The state and federal funds provided for the payment of 
salaries of teachers of agriculture shall be allotted to reimburse boards 
of education for the part payment of salaries of teachers of agriculture 
in public high schools, or other schools or classes of less than college 
grade under public supervision and control, which shall conform to the 
requirements of the State Board of Education and the Federal Board for 
Vocational Education. 

PLANT AND EQUIPMENT. 

Sec. 7. In order to participate in the benefits of the Smith-Hughes act 
the local board of education must provide the necessary plant and equip- 
ment determined by the state board, with the approval of the federal 
board. The initial cost of the equipment, exclusive of land, buildings, 
and animals used for demonstration, shall be not less than $500, in- 
cluding suitable apparatus which may already be provided; and for ad- 



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ditional equipment and supplies there shall be expended annually not less« 
than $5 for each student enrolled in the agricultural classes under the 
instruction or supervision of teachers or supervisors whose salaries are 
paid from the funds provided under the Smith-Hughes act. 

COURSE OF STUDY. 

Sec. 8. The course of study offered in vocational agriculture shall, in- 
cluding project work, be for not less than one school year of nine months. 
For the year 1917-1918 a one-year course will be approved, and in 1918- 
1919 a two-year course, and thereafter the course in vocational agricul- 
ture offered shall continue for at least three years, or for the full time 
of the general high-school course if less than three years. The course of 
study shall be arranged so that any student shall be occupied for one-half 
the time (three hours per day) in the study and practice of vocational 
agriculture and for one-half the time in the study of subjects designed to 
build up a well-rounded course of instruction and to promote general 
intelligence and civic efficiency. 

Subjects other than vocational, necessary to make a well-rounded 
course of instruction, shall be taught with the approval of the State 
Board of Education; and the expense of such instruction shall be paid by 
the local school board. 

The course in agriculture shall include the following: 

First Year. A study of crops, their relation to the soil, and methods 
of production. This shall include field and orchard and garden crops. 
The course shall include laboratory and practical field work, a study of 
weeds and weed control, the control of farm insects, and project work. 
The major portion of the time shall be given to the crops of particular 
importance in the locality. The amount and kind of laboratory work 
shall be determined by the instructor, subject to the approval of the 
state director. 

Second Year. The work of the second year shall include animal 
husbandry (judging breeds and types, livestock feeding, breeding, and 
management), poultry, and dairying. Emphasis shall be placed upon the 
type of work of greatest importance in the community. The laboratory 
work shall be conducted as in the first year and the instructor shall, as 
far as possible, in conducting laboratory exercises, make use of the live- 
stock and livestock equipment of the community. 

Third Year. The work for the third year shall consist of a study of 
soils, soil fertility, soil management, and in regions where conditions 
justify it special attention shall be given in the year's work to drainage 
or irrigation or dry-farming. Laboratory work in soils shall be under 
the same regulations as in the preceding years. 

Fourth Year. The course of the fourth year shall consist of rural 
economics and farm management, and shall include in addition the phases 
of agriculture important in the community. Farms of the community 
should furnish materials for surveys and laboratory work. 

Shop Work. A course in shop work shall be provided, which shall in- 
clude farm carpentry, iron and concrete work; and farm engineering, 



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dealing with farm machinery and equipment, motor power, farm build- 
ings and conveniences. The shop work shall include repairs on the home 
farm and problems relating to the student's project work. 

Short Courses. Short and intensive courses may be provided for the 
convenience of persons over sixteen years of age who are actually em- 
ployed in farm work, but each student shall be required to carry on 
supervised practice work for six months each year as provided in sec- 
tion 11. 

QUALIFICATIONS OF TEACHERS. 

Sec. 9. Teachers of agriculture in schools participating in the Smith- 
Hughes act shall, before employment, be approved by the State Board of 
Education and shall be qualified as follows: 

(1) Age not less than twenty-one years. 

(2) Education. The completion of a four-year course given in or by 
an accredited agricultural college or other accredited institution or in- 
stitutions of college rank, requiring fifteen high-school units for admis- 
sion and one hundred twenty semester hours for graduation. The col- 
lege course shall be such as to give at least forty-two semester hours of 
credit in strictly technical or practical work in agriculture; not less than 
eighteen hours of credit shall be in subjects allied to agriculture, and 
eighteen hours in professional work in education, which shall be pre- 
scribed by the State Board of Education and shall include three hours in 
general psychology and five hours in the teaching of vocational agricul- 
ture. 

(3) Experience. Not less than two full years of actual farm experi- 
ence in labor or management, at least one year of which shall have been 
continuous, so as to give practical contact with farm conditions during 
all seasons. 

(4) Personality. In order to be approved, the applicant must have 
such personal qualifications as will fit him for leadership in the com- 
munity and for directing the students in their school work and home 
projects. 

Note. — For the year 1917-1918 a teacher may be approved, provided 
that other conditions are satisfactory to the State Board of Education, 
who has the minimum qualifications for a state special certificate for 
teaching agriculture ; i. e., two years of college work, including twenty- 
eight hours in agriculture and nine hours in psychology and pedagogy. 

Sec. 10. The State Board of Education will issue teachers' certificates 
to such persons as meet the requirements for the same; and no federal 
or state funds shall be used to pay any portion of the salary of any 
teacher of agriculture unless such teacher holds a certificate for teaching 
agriculture granted by the State Board of Education. 

PRACTICE. 

Sec. 11. The school participating shall provide for supervised practical 
work in agriculture, either on a farm provided by the school or on an- 
other farm, for at least six months per year. Each student shall be 
supplied with sufficient land or animals, or both, to give opportunity for 
actual practice and project work under conditions which shall conform 



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as nearly as possible to farm conditions, in order that he may be fitted to 
farm successfully. 

Project work shall be under the supervision of the teacher of agri- 
culture. It shall be productive work done on the home farm or on some 
other approved tract. The work shall be definitely planned and an esti- 
mate made of the cost of the project, the amount of land, time, tools, 
power, stock, buildings, and equipment to be used; and both student and 
parent shall sign a written agreement to furnish the required materials 
and to follow the directions of the teacher. An accurate account shall 
be kept by the pupil of the cost, receipts, and gain or loss, and he shall 
prepare a written report or record of the project work and its results. 
The profits resulting shall be the property of the pupil. 

ADMISSION OF STUDENTS. 

Sec. 12. Any student qualified for admission to the high school shall 
be entitled to admission to the classes in vocational agriculture; but no 
high school shall be entitled to state and federal funds under the Smith- 
Hughes act unless at least a minimum number of students, to be de- 
termined by the State Board of Education, are enrolled in the course in 
agriculture for the full work offered in at least one year, and for each 
additional year in which agriculture is offered. 

Boys or girls sixteen years of age or older may be admitted to the 
agricultural courses if qualified by experience, even if they are not 
qualified to pursue the ordinary academic studies. Such persons may 
take more than the normal amount of work in agriculture and may omit 
some of the usual academic studies. 

REPORTS. 

Sec. 13. Teachers of agriculture shall at stated times make reports to 
the State Board of Education, including all items covered by the Smith- 
Hughes act and the regulations of the federal and state boards. Reports 
shall be signed by the teacher of agriculture and by the superintendent 
of schools; and financial reports by the president or clerk of the board 
of education. 

REIMBURSEMENT FOR SALARIES. 

Sec. 14. The salary of an approved teacher of agriculture shall be 
not less than $1,500 per year. Employment shall be for twelve months, 
with a vacation of one month at a time when farm project work re- 
quires the least attention. When the teacher's entire time is given to 
vocational agriculture, one-third of his salary shall be paid by the local 
board of education, one-third by the state, and one-third by the federal 
board. If less than full time is given to teaching vocational agriculture 
the salary shall be prorated. The teacher, after approval by the state 
board, shall be employed and paid by the local board of education, and 
the state and federal funds shall be used to reimburse the local board for 
amounts actually expended. Payments to the local board from the fed- 
eral funds shall be made in two instalments, within thirty days subse- 
quent to February 1 and July 1 in each year, after all required reports 
have been filed. 



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If in any year the appropriations provided are not sufficient to pay 
the approved claims in full, then the funds available shall be distributed 
among the schools entitled to receive them in the proportion that the 
amount paid in salaries to approved teachers of agriculture by any 
school bears to the total amount paid that year by all the schools entitled 
to reimbursement. 

It is understood that the teacher of agriculture shall provide himself 
with some suitable means of transportation to facilitate his supervision 
of farm project work at the homes of the students. By agreement, this 
expense may be shared by the teacher and the employing board. 

COMBINATION OF SCHOOLS. 

Sec. 15. In communities where the number of students is not suffi- 
cient to justify the employment of a teacher of agriculture on full time 
in one school, two or more schools may unite in the employment of a 
supervisor of agriculture, who shall have the qualifications above men- 
tioned; provided, that each of the schools cooperating shall employ and 
pay a teacher with at least the minimum qualifications for teaching agri- 
culture prescribed by the State Board of Education, who shall give the 
ordinary class instruction in agricultural theory and who may also teach 
other branches. The supervisor thus employed shall direct the teaching 
of agriculture in the schools under his supervision, and shall supervise 
the farm project work and shall perform the duties of a teacher of voca- 
tional agriculture which are not otherwise provided for. One-third of 
the salary of such supervisor shall be paid from the federal funds, one- 
third from the state funds, and one-third by the participating schools, in 
proportion to their assessed valuation. The time of the supervisor shall 
be distributed in approximately the same manner. The supervisor shall 
be employed and paid by the several school boards concerned, who shall 
be reimbursed in the manner provided in section 14 above. The em- 
ployment of such a supervisor shall be subject to the approval of the 
State Board of Education, and when employed he shall be subject to the 
direction of the state director of agricultural education. 

THE TRAINING OF TEACHERS OF AGRICULTURE. 

Sec 16. The training of teachers of agriculture shall be provided for 
under the supervision of the State Board of Education in or by any 
state institution or institutions which have the land, buildings, shops, 
laboratories, equipment, and animals necessary for the thorough and 
practical training of teachers of agriculture, which require fifteen high- 
school units for admission, and which maintain a department of educa- 
tion in which the necessary professional work can be done. The course 
of study for the training of teachers of agriculture shall require at least 
one hundred twenty semester hours of credit for graduation and shall 
provide for not less than forty-two hours of credit in technical agricul- 
ture, not less than eighteen hours of credit in subjects related to agri- 
culture, and eighteen hours of credit in professional branches in educa- 
tion, including three hours in general psychology and five hours in the 
teaching of vocational agriculture; and the course shall include such 
other branches as may be required by the State Board of Education for 
the certification of teachers of agriculture. 



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REIMBURSEMENT FOR TEACHER TRAINING. 

Sec. 17. The state and federal funds available for the training of 
teachers of agriculture shall be allotted each year to institutions desig- 
nated and approved for this purpose by the State Board of Education on 
the basis of actual expenditures for maintenance under the provisions 
of section 9 of the Smith-Hughes act and the principles and policies of the 
Federal Board for Vocational Education as given in memos B, C, and D; 
it being understood that the state board will reimburse for expenditures 
made for classes in which are enrolled only students who are preparing 
to be vocational teachers of agriculture. One-half of the amount allotted 
shall be paid from the federal fund and one-half from the state fund. 
If the federal and state funds provided for the training of teachers of 
agriculture are not sufficient to pay this amount in full, the available 
funds shall be prorated among the institutions entitled to them in pro- 
portion to the number of persons who are preparing to be vocational 
teachers of agriculture enrolled in classes for the expenses of which 
reimbursement is claimed and allowed. Payment from federal funds 
shall be made within thirty days subsequent to July 1 in each year. Of 
the total amount available for the training of teachers under the Smith- 
Hughes act 60 percent shall be allotted for the training of teachers of 
agriculture. 

INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION. 

Sec. 18. The industrial education herein provided for shall be under 
public supervision or control; its controlling purpose shall be to fit for 
useful employment; it shall be of less than college grade; and shall be 
provided for persons over fourteen years of age preparing for useful 
employment. For every dollar of federal funds allotted to the state of 
Kansas for industrial education one dollar shall be expended for the 
same purpose by the state or the local community, or both. 

Sec. 19. The funds available through federal and state appropriations 
shall be used to assist in paying the salaries of teachers of industrial 
subjects and to provide for the training of teachers of industrial sub- 
jects. 

Sec. 20. Of the federal and state funds available for industrial and 
home economics education 80 per cent shall be expended for trade and in- 
dustrial education and 33% per cent shall be expended for part-time 
schools or classes. 

KINDS OF SCHOOLS. 

Sec. 21. The state and federal funds provided for the payment of the 
salaries of teachers of trade and industrial subjects shall be allotted to 
reimburse boards of education, as herein provided, for the part payment 
of salaries of teachers of trade and industrial subjects in public high 
schools, or other schools or classes of less than college grade under public 
supervision and control, which shall conform to the requirements of the 
State Board of Education and the Federal Board for Vocational Educa- 
tion. Such schools or classes may be of the following types: (1) All- 
day vocational schools or departments; (2) part-time vocational schools 
or classes; (3) evening schools or classes. 



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ALL-DAY SCHOOLS. 

Sec. 22. In all-day schools of trades and industries the term shall be at 
least nine months per year and shall include at least thirty hours per 
week. At least one-half of the time shall be given to practical shop work 
on a useful or productive basis. 

PART-TIME SCHOOLS OR CLASSES. 

Sec 23. Trade and industrial education shall be provided in part- 
time schools or classes in which instruction shall be given to persons 
between the ages of fourteen and eighteen years who are employed in 
the work of a trade or industrial pursuit, and shall provide for not less 
than one hundred forty-four hours of instruction each year. The re- 
quirements as to plant and equipment and the minimum amount to be 
expended for maintenance by the local community for part-time mdus- 
trial schools or classes shall be the same as for day schools and classes. 
(Section 25.) The courses of study may include the branches provided 
for in day vocational schools and classes, or may include any subjects 
designed to enlarge the civic or vocational intelligence. The methods of 
instruction shall be such as to correlate the work done in the part-time 
schools or classes with the vocational employment of the student. The 
qualifications of teachers shall be as specified in section 28. 

evening industrial schools. 

Sec. 24. In evening industrial schools instruction may be given to 
persons who are over sixteen years of age who are regularly and law- 
fully employed during the day. The requirements as to plant and 
equipment and the minimum amount to be expended for maintenance by 
the local community shall be the same as for day schools and classes. 
(Section 25.) The courses of study shall be similar to the vocational 
courses in day schools and shall be confined to subjects which are supple- 
mentary to the student's daily employment, and the methods of instruc- 
tion shall be such as to increase the student's vocational efficiency. The 
qualifications of teachers shall be as specified in section 28. 

PLANT AND EQUIPMENT. 

Sec. 25. In order to participate in the benefits of the Smith-Hughes 
act the local board of education must provide the necessary plant and 
equipment determined by the state board, with the approval of the 
federal board. Buildings, shops, tools, machinery, and supplies must be 
provided which shall be adequate for teaching the trades or industries in 
which it is proposed to give instruction. Buildings, shops, rooms, and 
equipment used for ordinary school purposes may, as far as they are 
suitable, be used for vocational teaching. In making application for 
state and federal funds the local board of education shall specify the 
trade and industrial subjects in which it is proposed to offer instruction 
and the type of instruction it is proposed to give, and shall describe the 
plant and equipment to be provided, with a statement of the cost or 
money value of the same. The shops, classrooms and other places where 
instruction is given must be well lighted, well ventilated, and appropriate 
for the purpose intended. For the maintenance of all-day instruction 



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the local board shall be required to expend a minimum amount, which 
shall be not less than $1 per hour per teacher for each hour of instruc- 
tion given. 

COURSE OF STUDY. 

Sec. 26. The course of study in trade and industrial subjects offered in 
day schools shall provide for instruction in one or more of the following 
trades and industries: carpentry, joinery and cabinetmaking, masonry, 
painting, plumbing, printing, mining, blacksmithing, foundry work, ma- 
chine shop work, and such other trades and industries as may be de- 
sirable on account of the industrial conditions of the community. The 
courses of study shall extend over a term of nine months per year and 
shall be arranged so that each student shall be occupied for at least 
one-half of the time (three hours per day) in practical work on a pro- 
ductive basis. Supplementary instruction shall also be provided in sub- 
jects designed to build up a well-rounded course in such branches as 
English, history, civics, science, mathematics, drawing and design, and 
other appropriate subjects which would tend to make the students inde- 
pendent, efficient and intelligent in their respective occupations. The 
cost of such supplementary instruction shall be borne by the local com- 
munity. A close relation must be maintained between theory and prac- 
tice, and the instruction in all branches shall be given by teachers 
capable of teaching from the vocational standpoint. 

Sec. 27. In cities of less than 25,000 population the program for the 
half-day of practical work and related instruction in trade and industrial 
subjects mentioned in section 26 above shall be the same as herein pro- 
vided; but at the discretion of the State Board of Education, with the 
approval of the federal board, the vocational instruction may be limited 
to twenty-five hours per week, and one-half of the time shall be given to 
practical work on a useful or productive basis. 

QUALIFICATIONS OF TEACHERS. 

Sec. 28. Teachers of trades and industries in schools participating in 
the benefits of the Smith-Hughes act shall, before employment, be ap- 
proved by the State Board of Education for the particular subject or 
subjects to be taught. Teachers of trades and industries shall be not 
less than twenty-five years of age, shall have the personal qualifications 
deemed essential by the State Board of Education, and shall have the 
following qualifications : 

Group A — Shop Teachers. 

(1) Education. The completion of at least the elementary school 
course of study, or its equivalent. 

(2) Experience. Two years of successful trade experience above 
standard apprenticeship. Candidates shall give satisfactory evidence of 
ability to operate and demonstrate the use of standard machines and 
tools used in the trade or vocation concerned. 

This standard is for shop teachers and for this year only. With the 
organization of evening or short courses for the preparation of trade 
workers for teaching, the state board may demand attendance upon one 
or more of such courses. 



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Group B — Teachers of Related Subjects. 

Teachers of related subjects should have had at least two years' train- 
ing in technical education and contact with the trade or trades to be 
taught. 

Sec. 29. The State Board of Education shall issue teachers' certificates 
to such persons as meet the requirements for the same, and no federal or 
state funds shall be used to pay any part of the salary of any teacher 
of trade and industrial subjects unless such teacher holds a certificate 
for teaching those subjects granted by the State Board of Education. 
The first certificate granted shall be for one year, and on evidence of 
success in teaching the certificate may be renewed under such conditions 
as may be prescribed by the State Board of Education; but any teacher 
of trade and industrial subjects under the Smith-Hughes act who has 
not completed at least a two-year collegiate course of study or equivalent 
in an approved institution shall be required, as a condition for the re- 
newal of his certificate, to obtain at least six semester hours of credit in 
some subject or subjects required in the standard course prescribed for 
the preparation of teachers of trade and industrial subjects, or he shall 
attend an extension class for at least fifteen weeks, six hours per week, 
or the equivalent thereof. 

ADMISSION OP STUDENTS. 

Sec. 30. No scholastic requirements shall be 'fixed for the admission 
of students to schools or classes for industrial education, but the age 
limits specified in the Smith-Hughes act shall be observed. No all-day 
school shall be officially approved for participation in the state and fed- 
eral funds unless at least fifteen students are enrolled in all vocational 
classes, and at least five students in each class in which vocational in- 
struction is offered; and no part-time or evening classes shall be ap- 
proved unless at least ten students are enrolled. When the attendance in 
any school, department or class falls below two-thirds of the original 
enrollment permitted, evidence will be required to show reasons for con- 
tinuing approval and allotment of funds; and when payments are con- 
tinued they shall be prorated in the proportion that the attendance bears 
to the original enrollment permitted. 

REIMBURSEMENT FOR SALARIES. 

Sec. 31. State and federal funds provided for under the Smith-Hughes 
act shall be used to reimburse boards of education for part payment of 
salaries of teachers of trade and industrial subjects on the following 
basis: For every dollar paid by the local board of education to an ap- 
proved teacher of trade and industrial subjects one dollar shall be al- 
lotted from the state funds and one dollar from the federal funds; pro- 
vided, that not more than $1,000 shall be allotted to any board of edu- 
cation in one year for any one teacher employed. The teachers shall be 
employed and paid by the local board, and the state and federal funds 
shall be used to reimburse the local board for amounts actually ex- 
pended. Payments from federal funds shall be made in two installments, 
within thirty days subsequent to February 1 and July 1 in each year, 
after all required reports have been filed. 



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If in any year the appropriations provided are not sufficient to pay 
the approved claims in full, then the funds available shall be distributed 
among the schools or classes entitled to receive them in the proportion 
that the amount paid in salaries to approved teachers of trade and in- 
dustrial subjects by any school or class bears to the total amount paid 
that year by all the schools and classes entitled to reimbursement. 

SUPERVISION. 

Sec. 32. All schools, departments and classes participating in the state 
and federal funds shall be subject to inspection by a representative of 
the State Board "of Education, and approval will be continued only so 
long as the plant, equipment and instruction are such as to conform to 
the purposes of the Smith-Hughes act and the regulations of the State 
Board of Education and of the Federal Board for Vocational Education. 

REPORTS. 

Sec. 33. A complete and detailed report covering all items required 
shall be made annually to the State Board of Education by the superin- 
tendent in charge of schools and classes approved for trade and indus- 
trial education; and financial reports shall be signed by the president or 
clerk of the board of education. 

THE TRAINING OF TEACHERS OP TRADES AND INDUSTRIES. 

Sec. 34. The training of teachers of trades and industries shall be pro- 
vided for under the supervision of the State Board of Education in or 
by any state institution or institutions which have the buildings, equip- 
ment, laboratories and shops necessary for the thorough practical train- 
ing of teachers, which require fifteen high-school units for admission and 
one hundred twenty semester hours for graduation, and which maintain 
a department of education in which the necessary professional work can 
be done. For admission to standard classes provided for the training of 
shop teachers or teachers of subjects related to the trades and industries 
the completion of a four-year high-school course or equivalent shall be 
required; and for the training of teachers of trades and industries or re- 
lated subjects, for persons who have had two years or more of acceptable 
trade experience, at least a two-year course of study shall be provided, 
which shall require at least sixty semester hours of credit, not less than 
thirty hours of which shall be in trade and industrial subjects and nine 
hours in professional branches in education, including three hours in 
general psychology and five hours in industrial education ; and the course 
shall include such other branches as may be required for certification by 
the State Board of Education. For the training of persons who have not 
previously had two years or more of acceptable trade experience, such ex- 
perience or contact shall be provided as a part of the required training, 
either in shops of the institution itself or in other shops, and this shall 
be in addition to the two-year course herein described. 

Sec. 35. Special classes may be provided for the training of trade 
workers as shop teachers; and for admission to such classes there shall be 
no scholastic requirements except the completion of the elementary 
school course of study or its equivalent. Admission shall be limited, 



16 State Board of Education. 

however, to persons not less than twenty-one years of age who have the 
personal qualifications deemed essential by the State Board of Educa- 
tion, and who have had the practical experience required for shop teach- 
ers of trade and industrial subjects. (Section 28.) For the training of 
such persons for teaching, the course of study shall provide for instruc- 
tion in English, general psychology, principles and methods of teaching, 
industrial history, and such other branches as may be specified or ap- 
proved by the State Board of Education; and the minimum course for 
which reimbursement may be allowed shall continue for a term of at least 
fifteen weeks, with six hours per week or equivalent for any one class; 
and the maximum course for which reimbursement may be allowed in 
any one year shall be for a term of thirty weeks, with six hours per 
week or equivalent for any one class. 

Sec. 36. In any community in which provision has been made for the 
use of federal and state funds for industrial education, classes for the 
training of shop teachers of trade and industrial subjects may, with the 
approval of the State Board of Education, be organized and conducted 
by any state institution approved by the State Board of Education for 
the training of teachers of trades and industries. Such classes shall be 
subject to the provisions of section 35 above, and admission shall be 
restricted to persons approved by the State Board of Education on the 
recommendation of the superintendent of schools in the city or district 
in which any such classes shall be proposed. 

REIMBURSEMENT FOR TEACHER TRAINING. 

Sec. 37. The state and federal funds available for the training of 
teachers of trades and industry shall be allotted each year to institu- 
tions designated and approved for this purpose by the State Board of 
Education on the basis of actual expenditures for maintenance under the 
provisions of section 9 of the Smith-Hughes act and the principles and 
policies of the Federal Board for Vocational Education as given in memos 
B, C and D ; it being understood that the state board will reimburse for 
expenditures made for classes in which are enrolled only students who 
are preparing to be vocational teachers of trades and industry. One-half 
of the amount allotted by the state board shall be paid from the federal 
fund and one-half from the state fund. If the federal and state funds 
provided for the training of teachers of trades and industry are not 
sufficient to pay this amount in full, the available funds shall be pro- 
rated among the institutions entitled to them in proportion to the number 
of persons who are preparing to be vocational teachers of trades and 
industries enrolled in the classes for the expenses of which reimburse- 
ment is claimed and allowed. Payment from federal funds shall be made 
within thirty days subsequent to July 1 in each year. Of the total 
amount available for the training of teachers under the Smith-Hughes 
act 20 per cent shall be allotted for the training of teachers of trade and 
industrial subjects. 



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HOME-ECONOMICS EDUCATION. 

Sec. 38. The home-economics education herein provided for shall be 
under public supervision or control; its controlling purpose shall be to 
fit for useful employment; it shall be of less than college grade; and shall 
be provided for persons over fourteen years of age who are preparing for 
useful employment in the home. For every dollar of federal funds 
allotted to the state of Kansas for home-economics education one dollar 
shall be expended for the same purpose by the state or the local com- 
munity, or both. 

Sec. 39. The funds available through federal and state appropria- 
tions shall be used to assist in paying the salaries of teachers of home- 
economics subjects and to provide for the training of teachers of home- 
economics subjects. 

Sec. 40. Of the federal and state funds available for industrial educa- 
tion 20 percent shall be expended for home-economics education. 

Sec. 41. The state and federal funds provided for the payment of 
salaries of teachers of home-economics subjects shall be allotted to re- 
imburse boards of education, as herein provided, for the part payment of 
salaries of teachers of home economics in public high schools, or other 
schools or classes of less than' college grade under public supervision and 
control, which shall conform to the requirements of the State Board of 
Education and the • Federal Board for Vocational Education. Such 
schools or classes may be of the following types: (1) All-day schools or 
departments; (2) part-time schools or classes; (3) evening schools or 
classes. 

ALL-DAY SCHOOLS. 

Sec. 42. In all-day schools of home economics the term shall be at least 
nine months per year and shall include at least thirty hours per week. 
At least one-half of the time shall be given to practical work in home 
economics. 

PART-TIME SCHOOLS OR CLASSES. 

' Sec. 43. Instruction in home economics may be provided in part-time 
schools or classes for persons between the ages of fourteen and eighteen 
years who have entered employment, and shall include not less than 
one hundred forty-four hours of instruction each year. The require- 
ments as to plant and equipment and the minimum amount to be ex- 
pended by the local community for maintenance shall be the same as for 
all-day schools and classes. (Section 45.) The courses of study may in- 
clude the branches provided for in day schools and classes, or may in- 
clude any subject designed to enlarge the civic or vocational intelligence. 
The methods of instruction shall be such as to correlate the work done in 
the part-time schools or classes with the student's daily employment. 
The qualifications of teachers in part-time schools or classes may be 
the same as specified in section 48, but graduation from a two-year train- 
ing course shall be the minimum preparation required, together with 
practical experience equivalent to that of teachers in all-day schools, ex- 
cept for special phases of work, such as millinery, for example, in which 
trade experience might be substituted in considerable part for college 
training. 



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EVENING SCHOOLS. 

Sec. 44. The instruction in home-economics subjects may be provided 
in evening schools for persons over sixteen years of age who are em- 
ployed during the day in any of the occupations mentioned in section 
46. The requirements as to plant and equipment and the minimum 
amount to be expended by the local community for maintenance shall 
be the same as for day schools and classes. (Section 45.) The course of 
study shall be similar to the home-economics courses in day schools, and 
shall be confined to subjects which are supplementary to the daily em- 
ployment, and the methods of instruction shall be such as to increase the 
student's vocational efficiency. The qualifications of teachers shall be 
as specified in section 48. 

PLANT AND EQUIPMENT. 

Sec. 45. In order to participate in the benefits of the Smith-Hughes 
act the local board of education must provide the necessary plant and 
equipment determined on by the State Board of Education with the 
approval of the federal board. In making application for state and 
federal funds the local board of education shall specify the home- 
economics subjects in which it is proposed to offer instruction, and the 
type of instruction it is proposed to give, and shall describe the plant 
and equipment to be provided, with a statement of the cost or money 
value of the same. For the maintenance of all-day instruction the local 
board shall be required to expend a minimum amount, which shall be not 
less than $1 per hour per teacher for each hour of instruction given. 

COURSES OF STUDY. 

Sec. 46. The course of study in home economics offered in day schools 
shall provide for instruction in one or more of the following subjects : 
garment making, foods and cookery, sanitation arid home nursing, house 
planning and house furnishing, house decoration, textiles, millinery, 
dressmaking, home management, etc. The course of study shall extend 
over a term of nine months per year and shall be arranged so that each 
student shall be occupied for one-half the time (three hours per day) in 
practical work in home economics. Supplementary instruction shall also 
be provided in subjects designed to build up a well-rounded course in 
such branches as English, history, civics, science, mathematics, drawing 
and design, and other appropriate subjects which would tend to make the 
students independent, efficient and intelligent in their respective occupa- 
tions. The cost of such supplementary instruction shall be borne by the 
local community. 

Sec. 47. In cities of more than 25,000 half the school day will be 
devoted to the practical work and related instruction in home-economics 
subjects, such as garment making, foods and cookery, dressmaking, 
textiles, millinery, sanitation, home nursing, home management, etc. The 
remaining half day will be devoted to instruction in nonvocational sub- 
jects, such as English, civics, drawing and design, general science, chem- 
istry, history, etc. Drawing and design, general science, chemistry and 
physics may be organized and presented as directly applied to the home. 

In cities under 25,000 half the school day will be devoted (a) to prac- 



Vocational Education. 19 

tical work and related instruction in home-economics subjects such as 
those mentioned above, and (b) related subjects, such as general science 
applied to the household, drawing and design applied to dress and house 
furnishing, household physics, household chemistry, etc. The remaining 
half day will be devoted to nonvocational subjects. 

The method of instruction employed will in general combine in one 
class exercise both practical work and essential related instruction. 
Courses involving practical work will not be disassociated into regular 
recitation and laboratory periods. 

QUALIFICATIONS OF TEACHERS. 

s Sec. 48. Teachers of home-economics subjects in schools participating 
in the benefits of the Smith-Hughes act shall, before employment, be 
approved by the State Board of Education for the particular subject or 
subjects to be taught, and shall be qualified as follows: 

(1) Age not less than twenty-one years. 

(2) Education. The completion of at least a four-year course given 
in or by an accredited institution or institutions of college rank, re- 
quiring fifteen high-school units for admission and one hundred twenty 
semester hours for graduation. The college course shall be such as to 
give not less than forty-two semester hours of credit in home-economics 
subjects to be taught, not less than eighteen hours of credit in subjects in 
science and art related to home-economics subjects, and eighteen hours 
of credit in professional branches in education, including three hours in 
general psychology and five hours in the teaching of home-economics 
subjects. 

(3) Experience. Not less than two years of practical experience in 
the management of a home. 

(4) Personality. In order to be approved the applicant must have 
such personal qualifications as are deemed essential by the State Board of 
Education. 

Note. — For 1917-1918 teachers may be approved who had the mini- 
mum qualifications for special certificates for teaching home-economics 
subjects provided for by the State Board of Education, i. e., the comple- 
tion of a two-year college course with sixty semester hours of credit, in- 
cluding twenty-eight hours in home economics, three hours in general 
psychology, and six hours in education. 

Sec. 49. The State Board of Education shall issue teachers' cer- 
tificates to such persons as meet the requirements for the same, and no 
federal or state funds shall be used to pay any portion of the salary of 
any teacher of home economics under the Smith-Hughes act unless such 
teacher holds a certificate for teaching home economics granted by the 
State Board of Education. 

ADMISSION OF STUDENTS. 

Sec. 50. No scholastic requirements shall be fixed for the admission of 
students to schools or classes for home-economics education, but the age 
limits specified in the Smith-Hughes act shall be observed. No all-day 
school shall be officially approved for participation in state and federal 
funds unless at least fifteen students are enrolled in all home-economics 



20 State Board of Education. 

classes, and at least five students in each class in which vocational in- 
struction in home economics is offered; and no part-time or evening 
classes shall be approved unless at least ten students are enrolled. When 
the attendance in any school, department or class falls below two-thirds 
of the original enrollment permitted, evidence will be required to show 
reasons for continuing approval and allotment of funds; and when pay- 
ments are continued they shall be prorated in the proportion that the 
attendance bears to the original enrollment permitted. 

REIMBURSEMENT FOR SALARIES. 

Sec. 51. State and federal funds provided in the Smith-Hughes act 
shall be used to reimburse boards of education for part payment of sal- 
aries of teachers of home-economics subjects on the following basis : For 
every dollar paid by the local board to an approved teacher, one-half 
dollar shall be paid from the state funds and one-half dollar from the 
federal funds; provided, that not more than $250 shall be allowed to any 
board of education in one year for any one teacher employed. 

The teachers shall be employed and paid by the local board, and the 
state and federal funds shall be used to reimburse the local board for 
amounts actually expended. Payments from federal funds shall be 
made in two installments, within thirty days subsequent to February 1 
and July 1 in each year, after all required reports have been filed. , 

If in any year the appropriations provided are not sufficient to pay 
the approved claims in full, then the funds available shall be dis- 
tributed among the schools or classes entitled to receive them, in the 
proportion that the amount paid in salaries to approved teachers of home- 
economics subjects by any school or class bears to the total amount paid 
that year by all the schools and classes entitled to reimbursement. 

SUPERVISION. 

Sec. 52. All schools, departments and classes participating in the 
state and federal funds shall be subject to inspection by a representa- 
tive of the State Board of Education, and approval will be continued only 
so long as the plant, equipment and instruction are such as to conform to 
the purposes of the Smith-Hughes act and the regulations of the State 
Board of Education and of the Federal Board for Vocational Education. 

REPORTS. 

Sec. 53. A complete and detailed report covering all items required 
shall be made annually to the State Board of Education by the superin- 
tendent in charge of schools and classes approved for home-economics 
education; and financial reports shall be signed by the president or clerk 
of the board of education. 

THE TRAINING OF TEACHERS OF HOME ECONOMICS SUBJECTS. 

Sec. 54. The training of teachers of home-economics subjects shall be 
provided for under the supervision of the State Board of Education in 
or by any state institution or institutions which have the buildings, 
equipment, laboratories and shops necessary for the thorough practical 
training of teachers, which require fifteen high-school units for admis- 



Vocational Education. 21 

sion and one hundred twenty semester hours for graduation, and which 
maintain a department of education in which the necessary professional 
work can be done. The course of study for the training of teachers of 
home economics shall require at least one hundred twenty semester 
hours of credit for graduation and shall provide for not less than forty- 
two hours of credit in home economics, including a course in super- 
vised home management, not less than eighteen hours of credit in sub- 
jects related to home economics, and eighteen hours of credit in pro- 
fessional branches in education, including three hours in general psy- 
chology and five hours in the teaching of home economics; and the course 
shall include such other branches as may be required by the State Board 
of Education for the certification of teachers of home economics. Not 
less than two years of actual experience in home management shall be 
required for entrance to the teacher-training course or shall be provided 
for during the training period. 

REIMBURSEMENT FOR TEACHER TRAINING. 

Sec. 55. The state and federal funds available for the training of 
teachers of home-economics subjects shall be allotted each year to insti- 
tutions designated and approved for this purpose by the State Board of 
Education on the basis of actual expenditures for maintenance under the 
provisions of section 9 of the Smith-Hughes act, and the principles and 
policies of the Federal Board for Vocational Education as given in 
memos B, C and D; it being understood that the state board will reim- 
burse for expenditures made for classes in which are enrolled only stu- 
dents who are preparing to be vocational teachers of home-economics 
subjects. One-half of the amount allotted shall be paid from the federal 
fund and one-half from the state fund. If the federal and state funds 
provided for the training of teachers of home-economics subjects are not 
sufficient to pay this amount in full, the available funds shall be prorated 
among the institutions entitled to them in proportion to the number of 
persons who are preparing to be vocational teachers of home-economics 
subjects enrolled in the classes for the expenses of which reimbursement 
is claimed and allowed. Payment from federal funds shall be made 
within thirty days subsequent to July 1 in each year. 

Of the total amount available for the training of teachers under the 
Smith-Hughes act, 20 percent shall be allotted for the training of teach- 
ers of home-economics subjects. 



22 State Board of Education. 



Act of Congress. 

(The Smith-Hughes Act.) 



AN ACT to provide for the promotion of vocational education ; to provide for cooperation 
with the states in the promotion of such education in agriculture and the trades and 
industries ; to provide for cooperation with the states in the preparation of teachers of 
vocational subjects ; and to appropriate money and regulate its expenditure. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That there is hereby 
annually appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, the sums provided in sections two, three and four of this 
act, to be paid to the respective states for the purpose of cooperating with 
the states in paying the salaries of teachers, supervisors and directors of 
agricultural subjects, and teachers of trade, home-economics and in- 
dustrial subjects, and in the preparation of teachers of agricultural, 
trade, industrial and home-economics subjects; and the sum provided for 
in section seven for the use of the Federal Board for Vocational Educa- 
tion for the administration of this act and for the purpose of making 
studies, investigations and reports to aid in the organization and con- 
duct of vocational education, which sums shall be expended as herein- 
after provided. 

Sec. 2. That for the purpose of cooperating with the states in paying 
the salaries of teachers, supervisors or directors of agricultural subjects 
there is hereby appropriated for the use of the states, subject to the 
provisions of this act, for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen 
hundred and eighteen, the sum of $500,000; for the fiscal year ending 
June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and nineteen, the sum of $750,000; for 
the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twenty, the 
sum of $1,000,000; for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hun- 
dred and twenty-one, the sum of $1,250,000; for the fiscal year ending 
June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twenty-two, the sum of $1,500,000; 
for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twenty- 
three, the sum of $1,750,000; for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, 
nineteen hundred and twenty-four, the sum of $2,000,000; for the fiscal 
year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twenty-five, the sum of 
$2,500,000; for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred 
and twenty-six, and annually thereafter, the sum of $3,000,000. Said 
sums shall be allotted to the states in the proportion which their rural 
population bears to the total rural population in the United States, not 
including outlying possessions, according to the last preceding United 
States census ; provided, that the allotment of funds to any state shall be 
not less than a minimum of $5,000 for any fiscal year prior to and in- 
cluding the fiscal year ending' June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and 
twenty-three, nor less than $10,000 for any fiscal year thereafter, and 
there is hereby appropriated the following sums, or so much thereof as 
may be necessary, which shall be used for the purpose of providing the 
minimum allotment to the states provided for in this section : For the 
fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eighteen, the sum 
of $48,000; for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred 
and nineteen, the sum of $34,000; for the fiscal year ending June 
thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twenty, the sum of $24,000; for the 
fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twenty-one, the 
sum of $18,000; for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hun- 
dred and twenty-two, the sum of $14,000; for the fiscal year ending June 
thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twenty-three, the sum of $11,000; for the 



Vocational Education. 23 

fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twenty-four the 
sum of $9,000; for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred 
and twenty-five, the sum of $34,000; and annually thereafter the sum of 
$27,000. . _ • 

Sec. 3. That for the purpose of cooperating with the states m paying 
the salaries of teachers of trade, home-economics and industrial subjects 
there is hereby appropriated for the use of the states, for the fiscal year 
ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eighteen, the sum of $500,- 
000- for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and 
nineteen, the sum of $750,000; for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, 
nineteen hundred and twenty, the sum of $1,000,000; for the fiscal year 
ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twenty-one, the sum of 
$1 250 000 ; for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred 
and twenty-two, the sum of $1,500,000; for the fiscal year ending June 
thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twenty-three, the sum of $1,75U,UUU; 
for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twenty- 
four, the sum of $2,000,000; for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, 
nineteen hundred and twenty-five, the sum of $2,500,000; for the fiscal 
year ending Jane thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twenty-six, the sum of 
$3 000 000; and annually thereafter the sum of $3,000,000. Said sums 
shall be allotted to the states in the proportion which their urban popu- 
lation bears to the total urban population in the United States, not in- 
cluding outlying possessions, according to the last preceding united 
States census; provided, that the allotment of funds to any state shall be 
not less than a minimum of $5,000 for any fiscal year prior to and in- 
cluding the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and 
twenty-three, nor less than $10,000 for any fiscal year thereafter; and 
there is hereby appropriated the following sums, or so much thereof as 
may be needed, which shall be used for the purpose of providing the 
minimum allotment to the states provided for m this section: tor the 
fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eighteen, the 
sum of $66,000; for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hun- 
dred and nineteen, the sum of $46,000; for the fiscal year ending June 
thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twenty, the sum of $34,000 ; for the fiscal 
year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twenty-one, the sum of 
$28 000 • for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and 
twenty-two, the sum of $25,000; for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth 
nineteen hundred and twenty-three, the sum of $22,000; for the fiscal 
year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twenty-four, the sum 
of $19 000; for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred 
and twenty-five, the sum of $56,000; for the fiscal year ending June 
thirtieth, ninettan hundred and twenty-six, and annually thereafter, the 
sum of $50,000. ' 

That not more than twenty percentum of the money appropriated 
under this act for the payment of salaries of teachers of trade, home- 
economics and industrial subjects, for any year, shall be expended for the 
salaries of teachers of home-economics subjects. 

Sec 4 That for the purpose of cooperating with the states in prepar- 
ing teachers, supervisors and directors of agricultural subjects and 
teachers of trade and industrial and home-economics subjects there is 
hereby appropriated for the use of the states for the fiscal year ending 
June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eighteen, the sum of $500,000; for 
the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and nineteen, the 
sum of $700,000 ; for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hun- 
dred and twenty, the sum of $900,000; for the fiscal year ending June 
thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twenty-one, and annually thereafter, the 
sum of $1 000,000. Said sums shall be allotted to the states m the pro- 
portion which their population bears to the total population of the United 
States, not including outlying possessions, according to the last preceding 
United States census; provided, that the allotment of funds to any state 



24 State Board of Education. 

shall be not less than a minimum of $5,000 for any fiscal year prior to and 
including the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and 
nineteen, nor less than $10,000 for any fiscal year thereafter. And there 
is hereby appropriated the following sums, or so much thereof as may be 
needed, which shall be used for the purpose of providing the minimum 
allotment provided for in this section : For the fiscal year ending June 
thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eighteen, the sum of $46,000; for the 
fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and nineteen, the sum 
of $32,000; for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred 
and twenty, the sum of $24,000; for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, 
nineteen hundred and twenty-one, and annually thereafter, the sum of 
$90,000. 

Sec. 5. That in order to secure the benefits of the appropriations pro- 
vided for in sections two, three and four of this act, any state shall, 
through the legislative authority thereof, accept the provisions of this 
act and designate or create a state board, consisting of not less than 
three members, and having all necessary power to cooperate, as herein 
provided, with the Federal Board for Vocational Education in the admin- 
istration of the provisions of this act. The state board of education, or 
other board having charge of the administration of public education in 
the state, or any state board having charge of the administration of any 
kind of vocational education in the state may, if the state so elect, be 
designated as the state board for the purposes of this act. 

In any state the legislature of which does not meet in nineteen hun- 
dred and seventeen, if the governor of that state, so far as he is au- 
thorized to do so, shall accept the provisions of this act and designate or 
create a state board of not less than three members to act in cooperation 
with the Federal Board for Vocational Education, the federal board shall 
recognize such local board for the purposes of this act until the legisla- 
ture of such state meets in due course and has been in session sixty days. 

Any state may accept the benefits of any one or more of the respective 
funds herein appropriated, and it may defer the acceptance of the bene- 
fits of any one or more of such funds, and shall be required to meet only 
the conditions relative to the fund or funds the benefits of which it has 
accepted; provided, that after June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and 
twenty, no state shall receive any appropriation for salaries of teachers, 
supervisors or directors of agricidtural subjects until it shall have taken 
advantage of at least the minimum amount appropriated for the training 
of teachers, supervisors or directors of agricultural subjects as provided 
for in this act, and that after said date no state shall receive any appro- 
priation for the salaries of teachers of trade, home-economics and in- 
dustrial subjects until it shall have taken advantage of at least the mini- 
mum amount appropriated for the training of teachers of trade, home- 
economics and industrial subjects as provided for in this act. 

Sec. 6. That a Federal Board for Vocational Education .is hereby 
created, to consist of the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Com- 
merce, the Secretary of Labor, the United States Commissioner of Edu- 
cation, and three citizens of the United States to be appointed by the 
President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. One of said 
three citizens shall be a representative of the manufacturing and com- 
mercial interests, one a representative of the agricultural interests, and 
one a representative of labor. The board shall elect annually one of its 
members as chairman. In the first instance, one of the citizen members 
shall be appointed for one year, one for two years, and one for three 
years, and thereafter for three years each. The members of the board 
other than the members of the Cabinet and the United States Commis- 
sioner of Education shall receive a salary of $5,000 per annum. 

The board shall have power to cooperate with state boards in carrying 
out the provisions of this act. It shall be the duty of the Federal Board 
for Vocational Education to make, or cause to have made, studies, in- 



Vocational Education. 25 

vestigations and reports, with particular reference to their use in aiding 
the states in the establishment of vocational schools and classes and in 
giving instruction in agriculture, trades and industries, commerce and 
commercial pursuits, and home economics. Such studies, investigations 
and reports shall include agriculture and agricultural processes and re- 
quirements upon agricultural workers; trades, industries and appren- 
ticeships, trade and industrial requirements upon industrial workers, 
and classification of industrial processes and pursuits; commerce and 
commercial pursuits and requirements upon commercial workers; home 
management, domestic science, and the study of related facts and prin- 
ciples; and problems of administration of vocational schools and of 
courses of study and instruction in vocational subjects. 

When the board deems it advisable such studies, investigations and 
reports concerning agriculture, for the purposes of agricultural educa- 
tion, may be made in cooperation with or through the Department of 
Agriculture; such studies, investigations and reports concerning trades 
and industries, for the purposes of trade and industrial education, may 
be made in cooperation with or through the Department of Labor; such 
studies, investigations and reports concerning commerce and commercial 
pursuits, for the purposes of commercial education, may be made in coop- 
eration with or through the Department of Commerce; such studies, in- 
vestigations and reports concerning the administration of vocational 
schools, courses of study and instruction in vocational subjects, may be 
made in cooperation with or through the Bureau of Education. 

The Commissioner of Education may make such recommendations to ' 
the board relative to the administration of this act as he may from time 
to time deem advisable. It shall be the duty of the chairman of the board 
to carry out the rules, regulations and decisions which the board may 
adopt. The Federal Board for Vocational Education shall have power 
to employ such assistants as may be necessary to carry out the pro- 
visions of this act. 

Sec. 7. That there is hereby appropriated to the Federal Board for 
Vocational Education the sum of $200,000 annually, to be available from 
and after the passage of this act, for the purpose of making or cooper- 
ating in making the studies, investigations and reports provided for in 
section six of this act, and for the purpose of paying the salaries of the 
officers, the assistants, and such office and other expenses as the board 
may deem necessary to the execution and administration of this act. 

Sec. 8. That in order to secure the benefits of the appropriation for 
any purpose specified in this act, the state board shall prepare plans, 
showing the kinds of vocational education for which it is proposed that 
the appropriation shall be used; the kinds of schools and equipment; 
courses of study; methods of instruction; qualifications of teachers; and, 
in the case of agricultural subjects, the qualifications of supervisors or 
directors; plans for the training of teachers; and, in the case of agri- 
cultural subjects, plans for the supervision of agricultural education, as 
provided for in section ten. Such plans shall be submitted by the state 
board to the Federal Board for Vocational Education, and if the federal 
board finds the same to be in conformity with the provisions and purposes 
of this act, the same shall be approved. The state board shall make an 
annual report to the Federal Board for Vocational Education, on or be- 
fore September first of each year, on the work done in the state and the 
receipts and expenditures of money under the provisions of this act. 

Sec. 9. That the appropriation for the salaries of teachers, super- 
visors or directors of agricultural subjects and of teachers of trade, 
home-economics and industrial subjects shall be devoted exclusively to the 
payment of salaries of such teachers, supervisors or directors having the 
minimum qualifications set up for the state by the state board, with the 
approval of the Federal Board for Vocational Education. The cost of 
instruction supplementary to the instruction in agricultural and in trade, 



26 State Board of Education. 

home-economics and industrial subjects provided for in this act, necessary 
to build a well-rounded course of training, shall be borne by the state 
and local communities, and no part of the cost thereof shall be borne out 
of the appropriations herein made. The moneys expended under the 
provisions of this act, in cooperation with the states, for the salaries of 
teachers, supervisors or directors of agricultural subjects, or for the 
salaries of teachers of trade, home-economics and industrial subjects, 
shall be conditioned that for each dollar of federal money expended for 
such salaries the state or local community, or both, shall expend an 
equal amount for such salaries; and that appropriations for the training 
of teachers of vocational subjects, as herein provided, shall be condi- 
tioned that such money be expended for maintenance of such training 
and that for each dollar of federal money so expended for maintenance, 
the state or local community, or both, shall expend an equal amount for 
the maintenance of such training. 

Sec. 10. That any state may use the appropriation for agricultural 
purposes, or any part thereof allotted to it, under the provisions of this 
act, for the salaries of teachers, supervisors or directors of agricultural 
subjects, either for the salaries of teachers of such subjects in schools or 
classes or for the salaries of supervisors or directors of such subjects 
under a plan of supervision for the state to be set up by the state board, 
with the approval of the Federal Board for Vocational Education. That 
in order to receive the benefits of such appropriation for the salaries of 
teachers, supervisors or directors of agricultural subjects the state board 
of any state shall provide in its plan for agricultural education that such 
education shall be that which is under public supervision or control; that 
the controlling purpose of such education shall be to fit for useful em- 
ployment; that such education shall be of less than college grade and be 
designed to meet the needs of persons over fourteen years of age who 
have entered upon or who are preparing to enter upon the work of the 
farm or of the farm home; that the state or local community, or both, 
shall provide the necessary plant and equipment determined upon by the 
state board, with the approval of the Federal Board for Vocational Edu- 
cation, as the minimum requirement for such education in schools and 
classes in the state; that the amount expended for the maintenance of 
such education in any school or class receiving the benefit of such appro- 
priation shall be not less annually than the amount fixed by the state 
board, with the approval of the federal board, as the minimum for such 
schools or classes in the state; that such schools shall provide for directed 
or supervised practice in agriculture, either on a farm provided for by 
the school or other farm, for at least six months per year; that the 
teachers, supervisors, or directors of agricultural subjects shall have at 
least the minimum qualifications determined for the state by the state 
board, with the approval of the Federal Board for Vocational Education. 

Sec. 11. That in order to receive the benefits, of the appropriation for 
the salaries of teachers of trade, home-economics and industrial subjects 
the state board of any state shall provide in its plan for trade, home- 
economics and industrial education that such education shall be given in 
schools or classes under public supervision or control ; that the controlling 
purpose of such education shall be to fit for useful employment ; that such 
education shall be of less than college grade and shall be designed to meet 
the needs of persons over fourteen years of age who are preparing for a 
trade or industrial pursuit or who have entered upon the work of a trade 
or industrial pursuit; that the state or local community, or both, shall 
provide the necessary plant and equipment determined upon by the state 
board, with the approval of the Federal Board for Vocational Education, 
as the minimum requirement in such state for education for any given 
trade or industrial pursuit; that the total amount expended for the main- 
tenance of such education in any school or class receiving the benefit of 
such appropriation shall be not less annually than the amount fixed by 



Vocational Education. 27 

the state board, with the approval of the federal board, as the minimum 
for such schools or classes in the state; that such schools or classes giving 
instruction to persons who have not entered upon employment shall re- 
quire that at least half of the time of such instruction be given to prac- 
tical work on a useful or productive basis, such instruction to extend 
over not less than nine months per year and not less than thirty hours per 
week; that at least one-third of the sum appropriated to any state for the 
salaries of teachers of trade, home-economics and industrial subjects 
shall, if expended, be applied to part-time schools or classes for workers 
over fourteen years of age who have entered upon employment, and such 
subjects in a part-time school or class may mean any subject given to 
enlarge the civic or vocational intelligence of such workers over four- 
teen and less than eighteen years of age; that such part-time schools or 
classes shall provide for not less than one hundred and forty-four hours 
of classroom instruction per year; that evening industrial schools shall 
fix the age of sixteen years as a minimum entrance requirement and 
shall confine instruction to that which is supplemental to the daily em- 
ployment; that the teachers of any trade or industrial subject in any 
state shall have at least the minimum qualifications for teachers of such 
subject determined upon for such state by the state board, with the ap- 
proval of the Federal Board for Vocational Education; provided, that for 
cities and towns of less than twenty-five thousand population, according 
to the last preceding United States census, the state board, with the ap- 
proval of the Federal Board for Vocational Education, may modify the 
conditions as to the length of course and hours of instruction per week 
for schools and classes giving instruction to those who have not entered 
upon employment, in order to meet the particular needs of such cities and 
towns. 

Sec. 12. That in order for any state to receive the benefits of the 
appropriation in this act for the training of teachers, supervisors or 
directors of agricultural subjects, or of teachers of trade, industrial or 
home-economics subjects, the state board of such state shall provide in its 
plan for such training that the same shall be carried out under the super- 
vision of the state board; that such training shall be given in schools or 
classes under public supervision or control; that such training shall be 
given only to persons who have had adequate vocational experience or 
contact in the line of work for which they are preparing themselves as 
teachers, supervisors or directors, or who are acquiring such experience 
or contact as a part of their training; and that the state board, with the 
approval of the federal board, shall establish minimum requirements for 
such experience or contact for teachers, supervisors or directors of agri- 
cultural subjects and for teachers of trade, industrial and home-economics 
subjects; that not more than sixty percentum nor less than twenty per- 
centum of the money appropriated under this act for the training of 
teachers of vocational subjects to any state for any year shall be ex- 
pended for any one of the following purposes: For the preparation of 
teachers, supervisors or directors of agricultural subjects, or the prepara- 
tion of teachers of trade and industrial subjects, or the preparation of 
teachers of home-economics subjects. 

Sec. 13. That in order to secure the benefits of the appropriations for 
the salaries of teachers, supervisors or directors of agricultural subjects, 
or for the salaries of teachers of trade, home-economics, and industrial 
subjects, or for the training of teachers as herein provided, any state 
shall, through the legislative authority thereof, appoint as custodian for 
said appropriations its state treasurer, who shall receive and provide for 
the proper custody and disbursements of all money paid to the state from 
said appropriations. 

Sec. 14. That the Federal Board for Vocational Education shall annu- 
ally ascertain whether the several states are using, or are prepared to 
use, the money received by them in accordance with the provisions of this 



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act. On or before the first day of January of each year the Federal 
Board for Vocational Education shall certify to the Secretary of the 
Treasury each state which has accepted the provisions of this act and 
complied therewith, certifying the amounts which each state is entitled to 
receive under the provisions of this act. Upon such certification the 
Secretary of the Treasury shall pay quarterly to the custodian for voca- 
tional education of each state the moneys to which it is entitled under the 
provisions of this act. The moneys so received by the custodian for voca- 
tional education for any state shall be paid out on the requisition of the 
state board as reimbursement for expenditures already incurred to such 
schools as are approved by said state board and are entitled to receive 
such moneys under the provisions of this act. 

Sec. 15. That whenever any portion of the fund annually allotted to 
any state has not been expended for the purpose provided for in this 
act, a sum equal to such portion shall be deducted by the federal board 
from the next succeeding annual allotment from such fund to such state. 

Sec. 16. That the Federal Board for Vocational Education may with- 
hold the allotment of moneys to any state whenever it shall be determined 
that such moneys are not being expended for the purposes and under the 
conditions of this act. 

If any allotment is withheld from any state, the state board of such 
state may appeal to the Congress of the United States, and if the Con- 
gress shall not direct such sum to be paid it shall be covered into the 
treasury. 

Sec. 17. That if any portion of the moneys received by the custodian 
for vocational education of any state under this act, for any given pur- 
pose named in this act, shall, by any action or contingency, be dimin- 
ished or lost, it shall be replaced by such state, and until so replaced no 
subsequent appropriation for such education shall be paid to such state. 
No portion of any moneys appropriated under this act for the benefit of 
the states shall be applied, directly or indirectly, to the purchase, erec- 
tion, preservation or repair of any building or buildings or equipment, or 
for the purchase or rental of lands, or for the support of any religious or 
privately owned or conducted school or college. 

Sec. 18. That the Federal Board for Vocational Education shall make 
an annual report to Congress, on or before December first, on the ad- 
ministration of this act, and shall include in such report the reports made 
by the state boards on the administration of this act by each state and the 
expenditure of the money allotted to each state. 

Approved February 23, 1917. 



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Acts of the Legislature of Kansas. 

ACCEPTANCE BY THE STATE OF KANSAS. 

(House bill No. 886.) 

A.N Act providing for the acceptance by the state of Kansas of the provisions and benefits 
of an act passed by the senate and house of representatives of the United States of 
America in Congress assembled entitled: "An act to provide for the promotion of 
vocational education ; to provide for cooperation with the states in the promotion of 
such education in agriculture and the trades and industries ; to provide for cooperation 
with the states in the preparation of teachers of vocational subjects; and to appropriate 
money and regulate its expenditure," approved February 23, 1917; and authorizing 
the State Board of Education to cooperate with the Federal Board of Vocational Edu- 
cation. 

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas : 

Section 1. The state of Kansas does hereby accept the provisions and 
benefits of an act passed by the senate and house of representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled entitled: "An act 
to provide for the promotion of vocational education; to provide for 
cooperation with the states in the promotion of such education in agri- 
culture and the trades and industries; to provide for cooperation with 
the states in the preparation of teachers of vocational subjects; and to 
appropriate money and regulate its expenditure," approved February 23, 
1917, and will observe and comply with all the requirements of said act. 

Sec. 2. The State Board of Education is hereby designated as the 
state board for the administration of the act mentioned in section 1 of 
this act, and is hereby charged with the duty and responsibility of 
cooperating with the Federal Board for Vocational Education in the ad- 
ministration (?f said act and is given all power necessary for such ad- 
ministration and cooperation. 

Sec. 3. The State Board of Education is hereby authorized to coop- 
erate with local communities in establishing and maintaining public vo- 
cational schools and classes as provided for in this act, to provide for 
the preparation of teachers of vocational subjects and to issue certificates 
to teachers of vocational subjects who shall have the qualifications speci- 
fied by said board. 

Sec. 4. The State Board of Education shall have authority to inspect, 
as a basis for approval for the purposes of this act, any public schools or 
classes providing training in agriculture, industrial arts, household arts, 
or commercial subjects, and any schools or classes providing for the 
preparation of teachers and supervisors of such subjects; and such 
schools and classes as shall have been approved by the state board for the 
purposes of this act in respect to site, plant, equipment, qualifications of 
teachers, admission of pupils, courses of study, and methods of instruc- 
tion shall be entitled to an allotment of federal funds; and any school or 
class which shall receive the benefit of federal money allotted to the 
state of Kansas by the Federal Board for Vocational Education shall 
also be entitled to an equal amount, which shall be provided by appropria- 
tion by the legislature of the state of Kansas. 

Sec. 5. The State Board of Education shall apportion any and all 
moneys which may be allotted to the state of Kansas by the Federal 
Board for Vocational Education, and any and all moneys which may be 
appropriated for the purposes of this act by the legislature of the state of 
Kansas, and said board shall make all necessary rules and regulations 
pertaining thereto. 

Sec. 6. The state treasurer is hereby designated as the custodian for 
vocational education as provided in this act and is charged with the duty 
and responsibility of receiving and disbursing any moneys paid to the 



30 State Board of Education. 

state from appropriations made by Congress for the purposes of this act 
and any moneys which may be appropriated by the legislature of the 
state of Kansas for the purposes of this act. Said moneys shall be paid 
on warrants drawn by the state auditor on vouchers approved by the 
state superintendent of public instruction. 

Sec. 7. The state treasurer shall make a biennial report to the State 
Board of Education showing the receipts and disbursements of all moneys 
received and paid by him under the provisions of this act. 

Sec. 8. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its 
publication in the official state paper. 

Approved March 12, 1917. 

APPROPRIATION. 

(House bill No. 902.) 

An Act making an appropriation for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of 
house bill No. 886. 

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas: 

Section 1. For the use of the State Board of Education in carrying 
out the provisions of house bill No. 886 there is hereby appropriated out 
of any money in the state treasury not otherwise appropriated the sum 
of $32,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1918, and the sum of 
$45,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1919. 

Sec. 2. The state auditor is hereby authorized and directed to draw 
his warrants on the state treasurer for the purpose mentioned in section 
1 of this act upon vouchers approved by the state superintendent of pub- 
lic instruction. 

Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its 
publication in the statute book. 
Approved March 12, 1917. 



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Funds Available. 

Federal funds allotted to Kansas and state appropriations for voca- 
tional education under the Smith-Hughes act for the year 1917-1918: 

Federal State 

allotment. appropriation. Total. 

Agriculture : Salaries of teachers, supervisors 

and directors $12,129.54 $12,129.54 $24,259.08 

Trade, home economics, and industry : Sala- 
ries of teachers 5,837.82 5,837.82 11,675.64 

.Teacher training 9,225.92 9,225.92 18,451.84 

Additional for the use of the State Board of 
Education in cooperating with the federal 
board in the administration of the Smith- 
Hughes act 4,806 . 72 4,806 . 72 



Totals ' $27,193.28 $32,000.00 $59,193.28 

Total amounts available for all purposes under the Smith-Hughes act, 
1917-1918 to 1925-1926: 

Federal State 

allotment. appropriation. Total. 

1917-1918 $27,193.28 $32,000.00 $59,193.28 

1918-1919 ' 39,867.33 45,000.00 84,867.33 

1919-1920 52,541.38 

1920-1921 . 63,370.24 

1921-1922 72,353.92 

1922-1923 81,337.60 !.. 

1923-1924 90,321.28 : 

1924-1925 108,288 .64 : 

1925-1926 and annually thereafter 126,256.00 

(The amounts for 1920-1926 are subject to modification by the census 
of 1920.) 



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